Ifayela No. 033 kwangu-446
Hortlak
Ibuye libizwe: hortdan, xortdan, cadı, obur
Hortlak is the everyday Turkish word for a dead person who climbs back out of the grave. Ottoman judges and muftis were asked to rule on such cases from at least the 16th century and authorised staking or burning the bodies, much as Christian authorities did in the Balkans. Related figures appear among the Azerbaijanis (xortdan) and Tatars. The tradition shows that the walking-corpse panic of south-eastern Europe was shared across the religious frontier.12
Kuqoshwe kuqala
1550
Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th centuryImvelaphi
Turkish and wider Turkic
I-Turkey, I-AzerbaijanOkuyibangela
Akuchazwanga
The dead person does not stay dead; Ottoman usage often attributes this to the deceased having been a witch (cadı).Indlela oba ngayo yinye
A corpse that fails to decay in the grave, often that of a reputed witch or sorcerer.
Ubuhlakani
Ubuhlakani obuthile
Izindawo ezibuthaka
- a stake through the heart or body
- burning
- decapitation
- quicklime poured on the corpse
- throwing the body into a river
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Izwe lasendulo
Ezikhathini Eziphakathi
1500 kuya ku-1899
1900 kuya ku-1967
1968 kuya ku-1999
2000 kuya ku-2009
2010 kuya namuhla
1550Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th century
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